John_R Posted December 10, 2009 Report Share Posted December 10, 2009 Jimmy, what gun have you got anyway? Often as not, certain brands of gun work better with a certain range of pellets. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Billy. Posted December 10, 2009 Report Share Posted December 10, 2009 ive always thought if your facing the bird and nail it either in the head or below it's a kill. That's basically the motto of my life. :( Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
christy Posted December 10, 2009 Report Share Posted December 10, 2009 Field Target Trophy in .22 do it for me. I can understand why you may feel a bit p***y bout some replies but mate the advice is sound. I practice on paper in the field, 25-35 yds. Put pellet on pellet if I am on form. Many times I am not. Practice practice practice. That's my advice. Really, I do not think pellet choice is terribly imp providing you buy good quality and try a few (on paper) and find the one that suits you, your style and your gun. I rem back in the 70s we all wanted and bought them pointed things. Damned if I can rem their name Silver Jet yeeeessss. Posh box-absolute ar$* for all the reasons mentioned above. Back to H@N quick as we could. As above earlier...what rifle do you have? Some really prefer a certain type of pellet. People on here will have a solution, probably with choices, but you have to tell us a bit more. HTH. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jimmyh1988 Posted December 10, 2009 Author Report Share Posted December 10, 2009 ok once again i appologise i've been busy and took one post a lil too seriously last night so firstly i must appologise for being a a hole second question i have a cometa calibre 4.5/ .177 mod 50 now i mean i bout this gun from scats i didn't fancy paying alot of money and i admit it was only £70 and its just the right size i'm in the process of getting a scope for it but money money money lol so yeah i know realise although some comments come across a lil on the sarcastic side i should just take the advice and take the sarcasim on the chin or just laugh at it . jim Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
christy Posted December 10, 2009 Report Share Posted December 10, 2009 (edited) ah...probably not the most accurte rifle available-time for an upgrade! You obviously have the "bug" so move up. Sell it for what you paid, add another 70 ish to it and ask on here what next. We all started somewhere. It's not you it's the gun. 150 bar will get you into something that will work well. Make you smile. Edited December 10, 2009 by christy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
farmboy99 Posted December 10, 2009 Report Share Posted December 10, 2009 That's basically the motto of my life. thats brilliant Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bruno22rf Posted December 10, 2009 Report Share Posted December 10, 2009 Sincerest apologies for my sledgehammer wit in my initial post-my intention was never to be derisive or belittle your shooting ability.Simply put i was merely suggesting that if your gun has the power to kill (say 10.5 +) then you must be missing the vital part of the target-did i see in a further post that you are planning to add a scope?-if you are shooting at a small target over 20 yards away with "iron sights" this might explain a lot-it takes a very good shot to pull this off and maybe the addition of optics will solve your probs? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jimmyh1988 Posted December 10, 2009 Author Report Share Posted December 10, 2009 yeah i kinda guessed it was the gun i'm not the best but have always been medium experience with guns with family being military or ex military so guns and stuff run in the blood lol well for now i'm just gunna keep her and i'll get another at a point when i have more money thanks again for the advice :look: jim Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jimmyh1988 Posted December 10, 2009 Author Report Share Posted December 10, 2009 bruno its ok m8 like i sai its been a hectic time for me with a college course i'm doing which is pushing me to my limit and also lack of money and other things it all adds up and i was gunna explode and it wasn't just you it was other posts and boom off my top went lol i'm not a angry guy i'm atually quite a nice chap so please dont think bad of me guys it was just a bad day for me . regards jim :look: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
christy Posted December 10, 2009 Report Share Posted December 10, 2009 no worries bud, stay with us an we will sort ya a good one when ur ready. Keep shootin. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jimmyh1988 Posted December 10, 2009 Author Report Share Posted December 10, 2009 omg i think i may have a smiley fetish they are funny but so freaky how their all in sync with each other lolz :look: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MPT1 Posted December 11, 2009 Report Share Posted December 11, 2009 If you shoot a crow side on through the wing you'll end up with a very noisy bird running around on the ground dragging an ijured wing. Head or front on works for me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
UKPoacher Posted December 11, 2009 Report Share Posted December 11, 2009 If you shoot a crow side on through the wing you'll end up with a very noisy bird running around on the ground dragging an ijured wing.Head or front on works for me. Surely that depends on where the pellet goes after it hits the wing. The wing consists of a small bone and a lot of feathers, neither of which will usually stop a pellet. The upper part of the wing aligns with the chest cavity and it is very likely that the pellet would not stop at the wing, but also enter the chest cavity or damage the sternum both of which would kill or seriously disable the bird. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MPT1 Posted December 11, 2009 Report Share Posted December 11, 2009 UKP Running around flapping = seriously injured. Or of course a you said dead if it goes straight through wing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
UKPoacher Posted December 11, 2009 Report Share Posted December 11, 2009 UKP Running around flapping = seriously injured. Or of course a you said dead if it goes straight through wing. No. Running round flapping is slightly injured. Laid on the floor immobile, but not dead, is seriously injured in my opinion. A wing doesn't stop a pellet any more than a pullover would stop a bullet. It's what's behind the wing that counts. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
George1990 Posted December 11, 2009 Report Share Posted December 11, 2009 That's basically the motto of my life. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
farmboy99 Posted December 12, 2009 Report Share Posted December 12, 2009 If you shoot a crow side on through the wing you'll end up with a very noisy bird running around on the ground dragging an ijured wing.Head or front on works for me. thats what ive always found too although occasionally they dont die straight off but ive found corbits to be really tough **** compared to say pigeon Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MPT1 Posted December 12, 2009 Report Share Posted December 12, 2009 UKP No matter how you grade it that bird would be in unnecessary distress. If shot through the pullover it might not kill but it really messess up the arm. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doc Holliday Posted December 12, 2009 Report Share Posted December 12, 2009 I always go for the head shot. If you hit the head it's gonna do the job, no question. If you miss then the bird gets away without injury. Wouldn't go for a chest shot as it would bruise the meat on pigeon, and corvids are pretty tough unless a FAC air rifle is being used. For the record, I use hollopoints in my AA S410. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
air gunner Posted December 16, 2009 Report Share Posted December 16, 2009 no need for a new rifle. your local gun shop may tune it at my local they give a full tune/service with replaced parts for about £30. So best pellets are the ones you can group best simple as that. a head shot is obviously best but sometimes thats a bit hard if you dont know range etc. so from behind you can shootem between the wing blades and this will enter the vital organs from the side head shots from the front say 25 yrds away chest and neck. i use BSA interceptors for pigeon and RWS superfield domed pellets for long range rabbits i find interceptors need more holdover at 30yrds than my domed but im using .22. in .177 i have no experiance however in theory an interceptor would be fine for long ranges. An old farmer i i know swears by his bsa scorpion .177 using hollow points upto 60yrds however im not sure his sight and range estimation are all that great. hollow points i would say are your best bets. and a decent scope would also increase your bag! Dont forget to get and air rifle rated scope. good luck. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KillStone Posted December 22, 2009 Report Share Posted December 22, 2009 personally use AAhunter in .22 and although they are slightly pointed they seem to be soft enough to transfer plenty of knock down energy. still go for the head tho. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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